Policy & Government

The Court Street Merchants Association filed an order in court seeking to pause construction and remove the newly implemented street changes in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, citing traffic congestion, safety issues and a lack of community input,

Spring Creek campus in Brooklyn is now equipped with new Emergency Alert System that creates a direct, automated pathway to alert 911 during a hard lockdown involving a weapon-based threat, enabling dispatchers to respond in less than 10 seconds.

The Brooklyn STEAM Center is doubling enrollment to 600 students and preparing young New Yorkers for high-demand industries.

Public school students will have continued bus service for another month thanks to an emergency 30-day contract, as the Department of Education and over 50 school bus companies try to hammer out a five-year contract extension.

At the first public meeting after the $3.5 billion plan was approved by a task force in September, community members from Red Hook, Cobble Hill and the Columbia Street Waterfront District said they want the city to conduct a broader environmental impact study, among other things.

Governor Kathy Hochul also allocated another $40 million in new funding for various state food aid programs, bringing the total to $106 million.

Iquan Warlick of Fort Greene, along with others, were sentenced to prison for killing a college student and a young woman, and wounding several others in separate shootings in East New York and Bedford-Stuyvesant in 2020.

The city will provide OMNY cards for students and caregivers and provide rideshare options if school bus service is disrupted in November.

The first Affordable Housing Services site in Brooklyn opened at 2886 Atlantic Ave. in Cypress Hills.

The new capital funding will address critical infrastructure needs such as bathroom and floor repairs, HVAC and kitchen upgrades, accessibility improvements, new furniture and appliances and other essential building fixes.